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  1. The call of duty met, not surpassed

    As an ex-academic who is now self-employed, I was struck by the fact that what you describe as “academic citizenship” is in fact merely “professional citizenship” (“Good works”, Features, 29 January...

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  3. Robert Berner, 1935-2015

    The “Picasso of low-temperature geochemistry” has died

    #Obituary
    #People
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  4. Q&A with Jo Rycroft-Malone

    We speak to one of the most highly cited global researchers about her move to become director of the health services and delivery programme at the NIHR

    #HE and Me
    #People
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  5. Everyday successes are important, too

    Academics’ tendency to feel they have not ‘done enough’ needs to be tempered by an appreciation of colleagues’ achievements

    #Opinion
    #THE Scholarly Web
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  6. A little explanation goes a long way

    A professor giving students one-on-one help to understand their subject raises questions about the nature of university teaching, says Brian Bloch

    #From Where I Sit
    #Opinion
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  7. News in brief - 5 February 2015

    University fundingHigher education, lower efficiencyFewer than four out of 10 MPs think UK universities use their funding efficiently, according to a poll. A survey of 150 parliamentarians, carried...

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  8. World in brief - 5 February 2015

    GuyanaSit-in seeks a better bottom lineStaff at the University of Guyana staged a sit-in to protest against their pay and conditions. Most academic and support staff arrived at work on 26 January but...

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  9. Grant winners - 5 February 2015

    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilFellowshipsAward winner: Franciska de VriesInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: £1,030,405The root to stability – the role of plant roots...

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    #Research intelligence

  10. Common as muck?

    Source: GettyToo common for the SCR?According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, .1 per cent of all academic staff in the UK are now on teaching-only contracts.This figure was cited this week...

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    #Laurie
    #Laurie Taylor
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  11. The week in higher education - 5 February 2015

    The government’s plan to curb extremist speakers on university campuses was facing mounting opposition as ߣߣƵ went to press. In a letter to The Guardian, published on 3 February,...

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  13. Duelling divas

    In his review of Inherent Vice (“High fidelity”, Culture, 29 January), Philip Kemp writes that “film-makers have so far fought shy” of adapting Thomas Pynchon’s novels. At the risk of pedantry, this...

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  14. Many forms of treatment

    Further to my article on the medical humanities (“Where mind meets matter”, Features, 22 January), as a point of clarification, the three poems I treat are also discussed, from a different...

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  15. A happy engagement

    So public engagement can harm your research career (“Public engagement: hidden costs for research careers?”, Opinion, 22 January)? Well, it can also build it, giving you new connections and...

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